The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-26

cd constructions Of the law which would ac-
complish its full purpose without irritating the
public mind by extreme constructions. "These
State organizations, said Judge Edgerton, have
as much right TO exist as they ever had. There
Is nothing in the law to prohibit 1t. A man il
not deprived Of the privileges Of citizenship be-
idea that man should abandon his residence
I'm State-his citizenship-when he takes Of
nee I'm Washington Is proposterous. IL the law
Is To be construed In this extreme manner, IL
will array the public against It,.
In order to expedite matters, Justice Har-
Ian. of tho United States Supreme Court on
Friday, Oct 81, refused TO consider the appli-
cation for writ Of error in the anarchist case
alone, but directed counsel TO bring the mat
ter before the entire bench The application
was therefore made in open court by General
Pryor, who stated the points upon which he
relied TO show that tho case involved Federal
questions
After reciting briefly tho history Of the case,
Gen. Pryor said he would call the attention of
the court TO only two points which he relied
upon to show that the case at the bar presented
Federal questions. and that such questions en-
powered this court to take jurisdiction of it,
first OF these points related. 20 the jury
by which the prisoners were tried. The
Legislature OF the State of Illinois passed in
March. lS74-that is, after the adoption of the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitutions
law TO regulate aud govern the impeachment of
juries in the State courts BY virtue of that
law jury for the trial of n criminal case mi ht
be made up in part at least. Of Jurors who bad
formed an opionion with regard TO the guilt or
innocence OF the persons nccused-jurors who
were partial and eyon prejudiccd men. The
law mado IL possible to put in the jury box
men who had formed an opinion as 70 the
prisoners guilt which could not be re-
moved except by strong evidence This, he be-
heved, had been done in the case under con-
sideration, and the petition asserts that this
statute and the effect given TO it in the courts
below had deprived them OF their rights and
was about To deprive them OF their lives with
out the due process Of law guaranteed by the
Federal Constitution" The Chief Justice
remarked that tho only question for
this court was whether the statute
was constitutional. II the Court erred
in its administration OF the statute that was a
question for the State courts. Gen. Pryor
action Of the State. IL the statute was admin
istered unfairly it was State action, and that
brought it within the jurisdiction Of this court
Mr.. Pryors second point was that the petit
TONERS had been compelled in the trial court
TO DO witnesses against themselves. Some
OF them were tho stand, and in spite
OF the protests of their counsel they
were compelled to submit to unre strained
cross-examination and to criminate themselves.
Compelling man to testify against himself is
not due process Of law. Furthermore, after
law, broke open their private desks and ex-
tracted from them letters and other criminal
ing evidence. and these letters. got without cue
process OF law, were used against them When
their objection was raised IL was overruled and
an exception was taken